[postgis-users] Fatal: lock file file "/usr/share/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid" already exists

[kenville thompson]

I am having a problem intitalizing the postgresql
database.
Could please send any suggestion that you may have, so
i can move on to installing GT3.Thank you.

This is my error:

$ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
The files belonging to this database system will be
owned by user "Thompson".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale
C.

creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/base...
ok
creating directory
/usr/share/postgresql/data/global... ok
creating directory
/usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory
/usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_clog... ok
selecting default max_connections... Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
10
selecting default shared_buffers... Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
50
creating configuration files... ok
creating template1 database in
/usr/share/postgresql/data/base/1... FATAL:  lock
 file "/usr/share/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid"
already exists
HINT:  Is another postgres (PID 1848) running in data
directory "/usr/share/post
gresql/data"?

initdb: failed
initdb: removing data directory "/usr/share/postgresql/data"


		
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